There is no universally accepted terminology within the industry for describing candidate evaluations. Below is how Coderbyte and other software vendors define assessments, interviews, and other types of evaluations:
Assessments
Challenge(s) and question(s) that a candidate answers asynchronously (i.e. independently), recorded within an online environment and/or unrecorded in their own environment and uploaded afterward, timed or untimed with or without a deadline, with automated and/or manual grading.
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On Coderbyte, assessments can include any of the following custom questions or those selected from our library:
On other tools, assessments are known alternatively as:
- HackerRank: Screening
- Codility: CodeCheck Test
- CodeSignal: Tech Screen
- Coderpad: Take-home project (or Assessments if you are using CodinGame)
- TestGorilla: Screening test
Interviews
Challenge(s), question(s), and interactive environments that a candidate answers collaboratively (i.e. with interviewers), using
video/audio within an online environment, untimed, with a scorecard manually completed by interviewers afterward.
Read our best practices for interviews →
On Coderbyte, interviews can include any of the following custom or from our library:
On other tools, interviews are known as:
- HackerRank: Interview
- Codility: CodeLive
- CodeSignal: Interview
- Coderpad: Pad